Donald John Trump (b. Queens, New York, on June 14, 1946), nicknamed "The Donald", is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, outspoken politician, and television personality. He is the legitimately-elected and fully-qualified 45th President of the United States as a result of winning the 2016 presidential election as the Republican nominee.

Financial worth & education

Trump has engaged in many financial pursuits and estimated that his net worth was $10 billion, as of July 2015.[1]Forbes, however, estimates his net worth is $3.7 billion as of March 2017.[2] He graduated from the New York Military Academy in 1964 and first attended college at Fordham University for two years before transferring to the more competitive University of Pennsylvania and completing his undergraduate studies at its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce.

Early media profiles of Trump claim he graduated "first in his class" from Wharton.[3] The evidence suggests otherwise and yet Trump has never sought to correct or clarify this potentially significant error.[4]

Candidacy

On June 16, 2015, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election.[5] Unlike most other U.S presidential candidates, Trump sharply criticizes the media and talks about issues that no elected official dares touch. For example, Trump stands up against feminists, unlike most politicians. In another example, in 2011 Trump persistently doubted whether Barack Obama had been born in the United States, which caused Obama's approval ratings to drop below 40% until Obama finally caved in to Trump and produced what Obama claimed was his birth certificate. Trump then scoffed at Obama's conduct.

In February 2011, Trump announced that he is pro-life, and at the final presidential debate on Oct. 19, 2016, Trump gave the strongest endorsement of the pro-life position of any presidential nominee in history.

Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose illegal immigration and free trade, and nominated Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General to enforce standing legislation on the issue. As reported by Breitbart, "Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders." [6] In the later campaign Trump focused more on ISIS and terrorism.

At the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Trump on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Trump for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the Reagan Administration. But Trump persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other conservatives disagree with Reagan on this issue.

In July 2015, Trump stated in an interview that "Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?"[8] He also stated that "I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't."[9] January 2016, Trump stated that "I have a great relationship with God," but that "I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness."[10] When confronted by Cal Thomas in an interview in mid 2016 about his not asking God for forgiveness, Trump stated that he would ask God for forgiveness.[11] In October 2016, Ben Carson stated that Trump did ask forgiveness from God with James Robison.[12]

According to exit polling in the 2016 election, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than George W. Bush won in 2004, showing strong support for Trump from evangelical Christians.[13][14]

Career

Donald Trump began his career at Trump Organization. In his college years, he helped revitalize one of his father's failing real estate ventures. Trump began opening hotels and casinos, which provided him with the cash flow to engage in other ventures. He owns the world-famous Trump Tower and is the founder of the publicly traded Trump Hotel Casinos & Resorts. Trump also owns the Trump brand, which sells a variety of items, such as bottled water, steak, and even mortgages. Trump has authored a number of books and weathered changing business fortunes, but despite the challenges that he has encountered, he has continued to be a successful businessman and entrepreneur.

Trump ran unsuccessfully for the nomination of the Reform Party in 2000. Trump considered running for President in 2012 as a Republican. He, among others, questioned the citizenship of Barack Obama, citing his failure to produce his birth certificate. After Obama produced his birth certificate, Trump and the other birthers continue to doubt its authenticity. Obama's approval ratings were around 40% during the peak of the controversy. Trump later exited the race, and gave the customary endorsement to Mitt Romney as the other Republican contenders did.

Major properties

Trump World Tower: 845 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY.

Trump Tower: 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022 Personal Residence

Bank of America Center (San Francisco)

The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street

Trump Park Avenue

AXA Financial Center, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago

Trump International Hotel & Casino Las Vegas

Mar-A-Lago Palm Beach

Four golf courses in the U.S.

Media

Hollywood Walk of Fame

In 2003 Trump began as the host and executive producer of the reality television show The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice, where contestants compete for a position in Trump's organization. On this show, Trump popularized his catchphrase "You're fired!"

Trump used to own the un-Christian Miss Universe Pageant, which objectified the female body and promoted lust and infidelity. Controversy arose when one of the winners, Tara Conner, was caught breaking pageant rules by drinking and other activities. Trump gave her a second chance after personally speaking with her and allowed her to retain her crown as she attended rehabilitation. For several weeks after this, Rosie O'Donnell berated Trump for his decision on The View. A bitter media war ensued with the two exchanging insults.

Trump has made many guest appearances, usually as himself, on many TV shows and in several movies.

Childish liberals are vandalizing Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame three times a day. A person asked about the vandalism said Trump has it coming.[15]

Political positions

Social Issues

Donald Trump received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations in 1986 for improving the lives of African-American urban youths. From left to right: Anita Bryant, Mohammad Ali, Rosa Parks, and Donald Trump.

At the 2011 CPAC conference, Trump announced he is pro-life.[16] Trump would not fund Planned Parenthood and the government should not give funds to any organizations that perform abortions[17] However, he supports abortion in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child.[18]

Trump says that the legalization of same-sex "marriage" doesn't matter because it's "settled law" now,[19] even though five liberal members of the Supreme Court illegally made Obergefell v. Hodges into "law" via judicial activism based on their personal feelings about the issue. Trump believes that homosexual couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples,[20] Despite what the Left claims, Donald Trump has voiced open support the LGBTQ community, and was the first Republican President to do so.[Citation Needed] He has stated that he will do everything he can do to protect the LGBTQ community, from Islamic extremists.

Trump says that a business should be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?[21] Trump would not require health insurance providers to offer free birth control.[22]

Trump thinks that the military should allow women to serve as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men.[28] (Compare gender norming.)

Trump says that board members of a business should be the most qualified regardless of gender.[29]

Trump does not believe that the government can show a confederate flag on public property.[30]

Trump believes that women should be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies.[31]

Healthcare Issues

Trump does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and would open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs.[32][33] However, he has also said, "I like the mandate."[34]

Trump thinks that the government should regulate the prices of life-saving drugs.[35]

Donald Trump has not yet answered if he supports the privatization of veteran's healthcare.

Trump believes that the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid).[37]

Controversy with Barack Obama

Trump speaking in Fountain Hills, Arizona in March 2016.

Trump has also questioned Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be President, in light of the ongoing questions surrounding his birth certificate.[38] Trump questioned whether the Obama Administration was successful in negotiating with foreign countries. Trump declared during the 2016 election that he no longer would question Obama's eligibility.

Economic Issues

Trump’s economic plan is designed to make the country more competitive by implementing policies that apply to all companies: cutting taxes, including the corporate tax rate, repealing and rolling back stifling regulations, including the biggest of them all, Obamacare and those clobbering the energy sector, renegotiating trade deals such as NAFTA, and killing off the nascent Trans-Pacific Partnership.[39]

Trump would not require employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job as there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary.

Trump has not answered whether welfare recipients be tested for drugs.

Trump said he would require businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member.

Trump would raise the federal minimum wage.

Trump believes there should be more restrictions on current welfare benefits.

Trump would instate a 35% tariff on all imports from China even though he used Chinese steel to build all of his Trump Towers.[40]

Trump says that the U.S. shouldn't continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).[42]

Trump would cut public spending in order to reduce the public debt.[43]

Trump believes that the government is currently over-regulating private businesses and that it shouldn't require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours.[44]

Trump thinks that the government should prevent “mega mergers” of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry.[45]

Trump said that labor unions, in theory help the economy but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited.[46]

Trump would increase the tax on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate.[47]

Trump believes economic stimulus will aid the country during times of recession.[48]

Trump thinks the Federal Reserve Bank should be audited by Congress.[49]

Trump doesn't support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as this will incentivize companies to move U.S. jobs overseas.[50]

Trump would end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course.[52]

Trump has not answered if pension payments be increased for retired government workers.

Trump favors an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes even though sales tax would not provide a steady stream of income.[53]

Trump supports pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts.[32]

Trump said that the U.S. government should not bailout Puerto Rico.[54]

Trump believes citizens should not be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts as too many wealthy citizens are abusing loopholes in offshore banking laws to evade taxes.[55]

Trump would not apply an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers.[56]

Trump thinks that the government classify Bitcoin as a legal currency.[57]

Department of Education

At the 2011 CPAC conference, he stated that he wants to eliminate the Department of Education.[33]

Foreign policy

In July 2015 Trump explained he wants to improve relationships with Russian president Vladimir Putin.[58] In an interview with ABC he said that Putin won't make a military move into Ukraine. Furthermore, Trump argued in a tweet that the conflict over Crimea was the fault of the Obama administration.[59] Trump later accused Russia of taking Crimea by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.[60]

Trump says the Iran deal is bad, but as president, he would enforce it anyway.

After his election as U.S. president, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump "a true friend of the State of Israel."[61] On February 2, 2017, however, Trump stated that building new settlements in the West Bank "may not be helpful" to achieving peace in the Middle East, and he appeared to shift his formerly strong stance on moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem as he had previously stated.[62]

Trump had stated that NATO was obsolete, but in April 2017, he changed his position, stating that it was "no longer obsolete."[63][64]

Global warming

Trump does not believe in the Climate Change hysteria, once stating the "Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from Al Gore."

Trump has attended multiple same-sex marriage ceremonies, but has also said in the past that he opposes same-sex marriage. Trump's views are not yet known on other aspects of the homosexual agenda, such as whether Trump would ban conversion therapy for minors as Chris Christie did. The Fox News Channel debate in August avoided these issues, but future debates will probably require Trump to declare his position.

Immigration

See the discussion in the introduction above. This is Trump's main campaign issue.

A central part of his immigration plan is to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico. Trump estimates it will cost $8 billion, approximately 35 to 40 feet high and stretch 2000 miles.[66] During the campaign, Trump promised that Mexico will pay for the wall, but after taking office, he clarified that payment could be in the form of a tax on Mexican imports or other revenues measures after the Mexican government showed opposition towards Trump's plan.

Trump has also proposed to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States, until "our leaders figure out what the hell is going on," in order to protect Americans from the threats posed by Islamicrefugees (and those pretending to be[67]) entering the country.[68]

Political contributions

He has been criticized for his substantial contributions to Democrat lawmakers; the majority of those lawmakers are located in the states he resides in: New York and Florida. The amount he has donated since 2008 is $25,000, which is insignificant considering his wealth.[69]

Trump is not known to be beholden to any big-money donors.

Tariffs

Trump accepting the GOP nomination in Cleveland on June 21, 2016.

At the 2011 CPAC conference, he stated that he supports a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.[33] The number floated around in 2016 is a 45% tariff. Trump was speaking in regards to China and the World Trade Organization,[70]

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In a statement from his campaign, Mr. Trump charged that China was “in total violation of WTO regulations” and that the U.S. “has incompetently allowed them to get away with this” and has failed to impose “equal or greater taxes and tariffs” on China. If he is elected president, Mr. Trump said, China “will learn to deal fairly and justly or we will not deal at all” with Beijing.

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Vaccines

Trump believes that vaccines cause autism[71] and has argued against requiring that so many vaccines be given to infants.

Eminent domain

Trump believes that the government has the right to take private property upon paying just compensation for both infrastructure and to promote economic development.

Supreme Court

Trump opposed filling the Supreme Court seat held by Antonin Scalia before the next President takes office. When asked who he might select to the Supreme Court, he said that his sister, a sitting federal court judge, would make a great Supreme Court justice.[72]

Hillary Clinton

Trump had pledged, if elected president, to appoint a special prosecutor to further investigate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server whilst Secretary of State, but Hillary took her crushing defeat so hard that Trump charitably softened his stance after winning.[73] A few of Trump supporters, such as Ann Coulter and Breitbart, expressed disappointment but Trump rose in overall public approval.[74][75]

Trump won the Republican primary, receiving more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.[77]

General election

Trump faced former liberal Democrat Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the general election. Trump's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.[78] The mainstream media was extremely biased against and unfair towards Trump.[79][80] According to a study, 91% of the media coverage concerning Trump was negative and 96% of campaign contributions from the media went to Clinton.[81]

It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and "political insiders" all predicted a massive Clinton victory.[82][83] At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as "bad polling".[84] Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.[85][86] The predictions were off the mark dramatically. The actual polls themselves were broadly correct showing Clinton leading over Trump by about 2%.[87] However Trump 'flipped' key districts and states smashing Clinton's so-called 'Blue firewall'.[88] Trump's election victory was described by Politico as "the most stunning upset in American history."[89]

While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Trump made the largest gains in the rural Midwest and Rust Belt.[90] Although Clinton won the popular vote 65,515,369 (48.05%) to 62,853,327 (46.09%), according to unofficial results, the large vote totals came from states which have resisted voter identification reforms.[91] Trump won the electoral college vote, 306 to 232, with the incomplete vote count reported.[92] Trump won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since George H. W. Bush.[93] In addition, Trump won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since Ronald Reagan in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal PolitiFact admitted to be true.[94] Geographically speaking, Trump accordingly won 85 percent of the nation[95] and 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district). With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.[96]

According to exit polling, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than George W. Bush won in 2004,[13][14] even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.[97] This is largely due to Trump's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.

While liberal, establishmentarian world leaders made generally nuanced statements in response to Trump's election upset, conservative, right-wing leaders, including the leaders of insurgent parties in European nations, reacted positively to Trump's election.[98]

In addition to Trump's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.[99][100] The Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri, and New Hampshire, and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.[101][102] The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.[103] The GOP now controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,[104] and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.[105]

Despite expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the Dow Jones Industrial Average actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.[106] It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.[106] The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Trump presidency.[107]

After the election, childish leftists and anarchists, who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence,[108] even brutally attacking and beating at least one alleged Trump supporter.[109] Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.[108] This occurred on the heels of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, and major mainstream media condemning in the harshest terms Trump and his supporters' complaints of a "rigged election," and failure to accept the results would damage democracy. Clinton, President Obama, and the media highlighted the protests and failed to condemn the leftist violence and protests as detrimental to democracy.

President of the United States

Transition

The day after being elected president, Trump released a solidly conservative agenda for his first 100 days in office, even though ending the legalized murder of the unborn was not on the agenda.[110]

On November 30, 2016, before Trump had finalized all his cabinet appointments, it was still described by Politico as "a conservative dream team that has Republicans cheering and liberals in despair" due to the many strong conservatives Trump had appointed, in contrast to moderates like George W. Bush.[111][112] Accordingly, Newsweek called Trump's incomplete cabinet the most conservative cabinet in U.S. history.[113]The Washington Times noted how Trump was defying Washington establishment norms in his cabinet picks.[114]

The Wall Street Journal stated that "it’s nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent" in Trump's appointments.[115] However, this can be easily explained by the fact that Trump has used some of his cabinet nominations to unite the GOP by appealing to most of its factions, even though Trump's appointments are still very conservative.

During the transition period, the Obama Administration engaged in surveillance and information-gathering of Trump, in order to investigate any alleged ties to Russia. This was confirmed by GOP U.S. Representative Devin Nunes on March 22, 2017,[116] and by Evelyn Farkas, the deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, on March 29, 2017.[117][118]

Inauguration

Trump being sworn in, January 20, 2017.

Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, giving one of the strongest inauguration addresses in American history.[119][120][121] His first bill signed as president was to allow retired general and Defense Secretary nominee James Mattis to be confirmed.[122] That same day, Trump instituted a national day of patriotism,[123] and a few days later Trump officially designated his inauguration day the National Day of Patriotic Devotion.[124][125]

Despite the fact that leftists knew for two months that Trump would be inaugurated president, hateful, anti-American, and immature leftists engaged in violent protests and did major acts of vandalism and even injuring the police who were sent in.[126][127] At least 217 protesters were arrested.[127][128][129]

Despite having no power to block Trump's cabinet nominees and having no reason to delay the process,[130] liberal Senate Democrats delayed confirmation of Trump's nominees, so that only two were confirmed on Trump's first day in office.[131] This was a large difference from other recent presidents,[132] who, with the exception of George H. W. Bush, had much larger numbers confirmed in the first week.[133]

Tenure

Due to his promotion and support of conservative, America First policies, President Trump faced large opposition from the Left, including from within the government bureaucracy.[134][135] (The fact that members of the Deep State have grown visibly scared of reports stating such confirms this view;[136] in May 2017, it was reported that 60% of National Security Council employees were Obama-Administration holdovers[137]) Additionally, Senate Democrats continued to unduly delay Trump's cabinet nominees at historic and unprecedented proportions—by February 8, 2017, only George Washington had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed by this length of time into his presidency.[138]

On January 23, 2017, Trump signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist Trans-Pacific Partnership.[139] That same day, Trump signed an order reinstating the Mexico City Policy, which defunded International Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote foreign abortions.[140][141]

Trump was very busy and productive in his first week and showed he was serious about his campaign promises, undoing Obama's illegitimate legacy and instituting conservative executive orders.[142][143][144] This caused the stock market to increase, and the Dow Jones passed 20,000 points for the first time in history.[145][146] On March 1, 2017, the day after Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, the stock market rose dramatically again, with the Dow Jones passing the 21,000 mark for the first time in history.[147][148][149]

As evidence of this intense mainstream media opposition to President Trump, a study published close to the 100th-day mark of Trump's presidency showed that 89% of media coverage regarding Trump was negative.[150] Additionally, Trump was on track to become the most mocked president on late-night comedy TV in at least 25 years.[151]

On April 26, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security, acting under an executive order established by President Trump, established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), created to help support victims of illegal immigrant crime, and it established the DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help those victims track the custody status of the illegal criminals.[152] However, leftists took to pranking the phone line created, showing disrespect to the victims of illegal immigration.[153]

Temporary immigration and refugee suspensions

Trump received criticism from liberals and establishment Republicans[154] when he signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from certain high-risk Islamic countries as well as refugee entry. Despite this criticism, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the "mainstream" Reuters,[155] and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen.[156] Additionally, while the leftist establishment European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority—55% average—of Europeans support the ban, according to a poll in 10 European Union nations.[157][158] On March 6, 2017, Trump signed a second executive order concerning the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding Iraq from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process.[159][160]

Trump showed he would not tolerate incompetent leftist administration officials when he fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates (a left-wing Obama holdover) when she refused to defend his refugee and immigration ban executive order.[161][162] Trump emulated Ronald Reagan's firing of the striking PATCO workers in 1981 by doing so,[163] contrary to the mainstream media spin.[164] That same night, Trump replaced the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (another Obama holdover) with a more competent official who had a reputation for enforcing immigration laws.[165][166]

Reducing regulations and government

In the first six weeks of Trump's presidency, over 90 regulations were repealed, whether through executive orders, Acts of Congress, or other means.[167][168] Trump also signed numerous executive actions promoting a smaller government.

Public trust

According to a poll conducted by Emerson College on February 5–6, 2017, more Americans trust the Trump Administration than the media.[175]

Economic progress

In May of 2017, the unemployment rate fell from 4.4% from 4.3%, the lowest since May 2001, as the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.9 million and the labor force participation rate fell to 62.7 percent.[176].

According to a Rasmussen survey, consumer confidence is the second-highest it’s been in the index’s history. The market cap of the U.S. stock market has risen more than $3 trillion since Mr. Trump was elected. Small-business confidence has surged to a 12-year high.

Books

Trump: The Art of the Deal with Tony Schwartz (1987)

Trump: Surviving at the Top with Charles Leerhsen (1990)

Trump: The Art of the Comeback with Kate Bohner (1997)

The America We Deserve with Dave Shiflett (2000)

Trump: How to Get Rich with Meredith McIver (2004)

Trump: Think Like a Billionaire: Everything You Need to Know about Success, Real Estate and Life with Meredith McIver (2005)

Why We Want You to Be Rich: Two Men, One Message with Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006)

Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life with Bill Zanker (2007)

Trump: Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success with Meredith McIver (2008)

Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life with Meredith McIver (2009)

Midas Touch: Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich—and Why Most Don't with Robert T. Kiyosaki (2011)

Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again (2011)

Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (2015)

Quotes

Quotes as U.S. President

Inaugural address

"....today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people."[177]

"We assembled here today our issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power, from this day forward: a new vision will govern our land, from this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first."[177]

"[We will] unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth."[177]

"When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice."[177]

Other

"I didn’t get elected to serve the Washington media—I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women and that’s exactly what I’m doing."[180][181]

Quotes from the 2016 campaign for President

Trump and his running-mate, Mike Pence, at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary'. He doesn't give Bernie Sanders the same treatment though he has referred to him as a Communist.

“We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of globalism.”

"I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to hell."[182]

General election debate quotes

"Because you would be in jail." (Trump in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he "is not in charge of the law in our country")[186]

"Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you." (Trump in response to Clinton's excuse for having "'a public and private position on certain issues.'")[186]

2017

"The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!"[191]

"Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!" (March 31, 2017)

"That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!" (June 5, 2017, while the Dept. of Justice was arguing in court that his Executive Order was not a "travel ban")

"Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???" (June 13, 2017)

Liberal denialism and Donald Trump

Post the 2016 U.S. Presidential election many liberals were in denial that Donald Trump was going to be president of the United States. Before the election, many liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Trump could not win the Republican primary and could not win the presidential election.[198]

Political scientists, denialism and Donald Trump

Few, if any, political scientists predicted early on that Donald Trump would win the Republican primary and then would subsequently be elected president of the United States. Furthermore, most pollsters indicated that Trump would lose the election.

27 percent of American political scientists believe in the existence of God while 76 percent of American doctors said they believe in God.[199] Most American atheists lean to the left politically (see: Atheism and politics). Compared to medical science, which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, the social science of political science is often unreliable.

In certain cases, it became debilitating (see:: Secular leftists and psychogenic illness). The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services[200]

[Trump's] platform was seen as anti-secular in many atheist and humanist circles. He said he would appoint religiously conservative Supreme Court justices, ban Muslim immigrants, favor Christianity and repeal the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates — issues antithetical to organized atheism and humanism.[201]